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Monday, October 22, 2012

Diabetes Study Ends Early With a Surprising Result

Diabetes Study Ends Early With a Surprising ResultNew York TimesThe study participants assigned to the intensive exercise and diet program did lose about 5 percent of their weight and managed to keep it off during the study. That was enough to reduce cardiovascular risk factors. “We showed that meaningful weight ...

Women Over 40: Four New Ways to Approach Weight LossHuffington PostAs a weight loss doctor, I spend my working life helping women over 40 lose weight, and what I most frequently hear from them is that diets that used to work when they were in their 20s and 30s stop working as they get older. If you are over 40 and ...

Cheryl Keaney: Some quick and easy tips for weight lossPort Huron Times HeraldGetting tired of hearing all the common weight loss tips? Eat less, exercise more, yeah, yeah, yeah. What else can you do? Well, there are a few things you can do, and they're actually quite simple. The following are some not-so-common, yet helpful ...

Study Finds Weight Loss Doesn't Lower Heart Risks For DiabeticsKaiser Family FoundationA large federal study of whether diet and weight loss can prevent heart attacks and strokes in overweight and obese people with Type 2 diabetes has ended two years ahead of schedule because the intensive program did not help (Kolata, 10/19).

More help for diet slip-upsPoughkeepsie JournalThose who make successful weight-loss work review and change their surroundings by removing the cues that cause them to overeat and not exercise. They use stimulus control — for instance, not getting their morning coffee at the bakery, or removing ...

In Mass. Senate race, health care a pivotal issueBoston.comBrown argues that the 2010 Affordable Care Act includes too many tax hikes and the decision to expand care should be left up to the states. Warren counters that getting rid of the law would again plunge the country into a rancorous debate over health ...

NH voters choosing different paths on health careBoston.comCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's top gubernatorial candidates propose taking the state down starkly different paths on providing health care to its poorest uninsured residents. Democrat Maggie Hassan says she would accept an option ... Some of the ...

Who's right on health care? Obama or RomneyDailyrecord.comWASHINGTON — Samia Bahsoun is counting down the days until New Jersey creates health insurance exchanges under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Bahsoun, 51, of Spring Lake, owns a small high-tech communications firm in ... Under the 2010 health care ...

Yemen forces endanger health care by raiding hospitals :HRWReutersADEN (Reuters) - An international rights group has accused Yemeni security forces of endangeringhealth care in the southern city of Aden by forcibly removing wounded activists from hospitals and exchanging fire with gunmen seeking to block the arrests.

Health insurance exchanges play a critical roleDurham Herald Sun (blog)Fortunately for our family, she's already benefitted from the Affordable Care Act. She was able to stay on my health insurance after she graduated from college in 2010, and she can stay on it until she turns 26. Assuming the ACA is ... In addition, low ...

Local health-care infrastructure progressingTulsa WorldThe Tulsa school already has had a huge effect on health care in the region. About half of northeast Oklahoma's physicians are graduates of OU-Tulsa, and there are Tulsa graduates practicing in 55 of the state's 77 counties. Its practitioners provide ...

Local workers appreciate health insuranceGreat Falls TribuneBrown said the big question is how much health care premiums will rise in 2014, when major portions of Affordable Care Act kick in, including the requirement that all businesses with 50 employees or more either provide health insurance or pay an extra ...

Heather Beaven: Health care, education are core valuesDaytona Beach News-JournalThanks to our population growth, Volusia, Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam Counties have a once in a decade opportunity to pick their congressional representative "from scratch," as they say. After 20 years, Congressman John Mica is now running in the ...

Health care law protest heldTimes Herald-RecordReligious groups have mounted an assault on the new rule, which was one of the expanded coverage requirements included in the 2010 health care reform law. They have concentrated their outrage on the requirement that insurers cover federally approved ...